Add a trade manually
Typing a trade in by hand gives you full control over every detail, and Tradestacker does the math for you as you go. Here's the whole flow, start to finish.
Open the Add Trade flow
Click the Add Trade button in the sidebar. The flow opens in two short steps.
Step 1 — Pick an account
Choose which trading account the trade belongs to. If you only have one account, it's selected for you.
💡 Tip: On the Free plan you have 1 account. Premium unlocks unlimited accounts, handy if you trade a personal account and a prop-firm account side by side.
Step 2 — Choose "Manual Entry"
You'll see two cards: Manual Entry and import. Click Manual Entry to open the trade form.
Fill in the trade form
Trade type
Pick the instrument with the type pills at the top:
- Stock
- Option
- Future
- Future Option
- Forex
- Crypto
- CFD
The type tells Tradestacker how to handle things like contract multipliers, so choose the one that matches what you traded.
Symbol
Type the ticker — it auto-uppercases as you type (so aapl becomes AAPL). Use the symbol your broker uses (for example ES or MES for futures, EURUSD for forex).
Executions table
A trade is made of one or more executions — your individual fills. Each row in the table has these columns:
| Column | What it means |
|---|---|
| Date & Time | When the fill happened |
| Qty | How many shares / contracts / units |
| Side | Buy or Sell |
| Price ($) | The fill price |
| Comm ($) | Commission on that fill |
| Fee ($) | Any other fees on that fill |
Click + Create new execution to add another row. A simple trade is two rows — one entry and one exit. If you scaled in or out, just add a row for each fill.
💡 Tip: You don't have to set the P&L yourself. Tradestacker pairs your buys and sells with FIFO (first in, first out) and calculates realized P&L for you. See Executions and FIFO pairing.
Live stats preview
As you type, the preview box updates in real time so you can sanity-check before saving:
- Net PnL — realized profit/loss after fees
- Side — long or short
- Qty — total size
- Avg Entry → Exit — your average entry and exit prices
- Fees — total commissions + fees
- Trades — how many round-trip trades your fills make up
Save the trade
Click Save Trade. From there you can add the finishing touches — notes, a strategy tag, and media (chart screenshots) — to make the trade easy to review later.